Greg Vetrone, a Fairleigh Dickinson assistant who rose up through the ranks, has been fired as the head coach after a 7-24 season.

Vetrone served as the interim coach in 2009-10 and then kept the job. He leaves with a 26-95 record in four seasons, including 16-55 in the Northeast Conference.

Greg Vetrone ends his Farleigh Dickinson career with a 26-95 record. (AP Photo)

“I feel the time has come to look for a new direction for the men's basketball program,” FDU athletics director David Langford said in a statement. “I would like to thank coach Vetrone for his time and service to the university, the athletic department and the men's basketball program.”

It’s not just that the Knights were losing, they were losing badly. Three times this season, opponents scored more than 100 points. Nine times, they lost by at least 25 points.

And there was chaos off the court, too. Senior point guard Lonnie Hayes was kicked off the team just before the season opener, and four other teammates were suspended for the first game of the season. And leading scorer Kinu Rochford quit the team during a Feb. 23 game but did return for the final two games of the season.